and then you also realize a lot of the big weather phenomena that impact people -- el niÑo, monsoons - those are tropical phenomena. and if you really wanted to look at the history of those, you need records from that part of the world. and i will never forget a rebuff when we proposed to drill the quelccaya ice cap. and it basically said, "the ice cap is too high for human beings, and the technology does not exist to drill it." and toward the end of the season, i got a telex from the program manager. he said that he had funded all of his real science projects and he had $7,000 left -- what could we do on that tropical glacier for $7,000? and i remember telexing back and saying, "i think we can get there." the idea was to bring a drill from antarctica and fly this thing up to the summit, drill the core, put the cores in a helicopter, fly it out. this helicopter -- we'd be flying along at 19,000 feet, and it would just fall like a rock. i mean, it's clear air. and the pilot's eyes were big. i'm sure ours were, too. after two attempts, they said, "there's no way. we can't even get close

morale in congress and we had been complaining about uncertainties in global ripple effects in urine and el nino and whatever else. that's not there now. what we see is a lot of cash hording and there are some issues with repatriation and taxes. but even so, there is a shell game going on with some taxes to talk about. but that still doesn't explain it all. are there some other intelligent pent up opportunities to go after? so there was a generation that passed through, that dennis kozlowsky and most of them were honest, but there was an acquisition fueled growth where the serial acquirerers, as they used to call themselves, a lot of that sorted out and some crazy things that were put together. now people are wondering, where do we put the capital, what do we invest in. and they're like prometheaus unleashed. >> so help me with this. one of the other ideas is the idea of succession. everybody talks a good game, but nobody wants to really be succeeded, if you would. a, what do you think is going on? microsoft is obviously the biggie. what do you think is going on there? and longer term, or some o

that means the drought will dopen and we are in el nino neutral is this is nothing to hang your hat on as far as saying if it was el nino it could be better but it is neutral. we have equal chance of being below or above as far as temperatures. we will have normal temperatures . high clouds will roll in around noon and thicken headed to 4:00. and at 7:00 they will be around but we will go from the low 30's to the mid-40's inland to the coast to 7:00 and mid-50's to 60 at noon and upper 50's and 60 at 4:00 and low 50's headed out this evening. >>> an incident in the clearing phases in daly city southbound 280 at washington. you could see activity there but it is quiet on the roads. we have for new year's eve bart continued hours until 3:00 a.m. speaking of bart everyone is on time with muni no delays and 15 bart trains on time and ace train a great start from the central valley. outside, san rafael shows headlights headed northbound with trucks headed in the southbound light through marin to the city. >>> next from school bathrooms to papparazzi new laws taking effect. >> and coho salmo

: nevada's lake mead, is a key source of water for southern california and 3rd, researches say that there is -a chance that el nino conditions.. late in the rainy season.. could bring moisture to the state.. especially southern half. >> reporter:finally, even though this report predicts a dry winter it also notes that just two or three good storms could easily make it a wet one. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: after receiving the go-ahead from doctors the teen set on fire, while sleeping on an a-c transit bus, returned to school today. this is video of the gender- neutral senior - sasha fleischman - being dropped off at maybeck high school in berkeley earlier today >> reporter: >> pam: sasha is wearing a black skirt and walking with a noticeable limp. sasha spent 3-weeks in the hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns after being set on fire last month. doctor's expect sasha to make a complete recovery. >> pam: meantime, the 16- year-old oakland high school student charged with sasha 's skirt on fire is scheduled to be in court later this month. >> reporter:a soccer celebrity's wife.generating

and creating a hoax... en este intercambio afuera del hospital de niÑos en oakland, el portavoz acus al abogado de la familiahi mcmath de sostener una esperanza falsa y de perpetuar una farsa. nats.. 32:39:05 he said that he can't stop you from removing her. el abogado acus al portavoz de tergiversar los hechos para encubrir al hospital. es el drama del caso de jahi mcmath, la niÑa de 13 aÑos que termin con muerte cerebral despus de una cirugia de remosin de anginas. el lunes, un juez fall en contra de la familia y dijo que el hospital solo tiene que mantenerla conectada a un respirador artificial hasta el 30 de diciembre porque mdicamente, la joven tiene muerte cerebral. s.o.t. sam singer/portavoz del hospital 11:40:00 there are no facilities that i am awared of that take deceased on a ventilator and that's what very, very sad and unfortunate about what this attorney is doing in the jahi mcmath case. el portavoz del hospital dijo que no conoce ningn establecimiento que accepte a una persona muerta en un ventilador, y que es desafortunado lo que est haciendo este abogado. pero el bogado de la familia de jahi

since february, john, -- january, february and march, that is us, in the below normal category for precipitation because el ninothing, nothing to say the weather pattern will change is the drought will deepen. live dopplerlive doppler 7 hd i. four miles visibility in novato but no thick fog. temperatures will start in the south bay at 34 in san jose and cupertino is 33, and 36 in saratoga and sunnyvale and santa clara and zambrano park at 37, and 3 in mountain view and 54 in the hills around los gatos and 41 in los altos hills and redwood city at 34. danville is 31 which is the cool spot with fairfield. san pablo is 46 and novato is 43. law today, it is quiet but we have an increase in high clouds helping to dim the sun enough to take the temperatures down one to eight degrees compared to yesterday and clone -- clean air is here now. today, 65 in oakland, 66 in san jose which will tie reports for the date. high clouds, and sunshine, and low-to-mid 60's for moist of us, tonight, look at the clouds, temperatures in the mid-30's to low 40's but san francisco is at 46. it is high and dry through the weekend but no

el voto. >>> destacando data al congreso de estados unidos se uniÓ al ayuno, and a las familias divididas fr por las actuales leyes mi dpra trgratorimigrator. >>> necesitamos esto ahorita, porque hay niÑosamilias es la de juan ayala, que igual que muchos, es nacido en estados unidos de padres indocumentados >>> toda mi vida hemos tenido dificultades tratando de vivir sin el miedo. que no lleguen del trabajo. >>> han tratado de ejercer presiÓn por medio de un all yo a los miembros del congreso, para aprobar cuanto antess una reforma migratoria entre ellos el lÍder sindical eliceo medina que estuvo 22 dÍas solo ingiriendo aguas. varios miembros del congreso han participado pero en perÍodos mÁs cortos. ? no llegaron a las oficinas del congresista mccarthy, varios niÑos trayendo pedazos de carbÓn porque el legislador se ha portado muy mal este aÑo. las puertas de su oficina estuvieron cerradas y nadie contestÓ las llamadas telefÓnicas. juan carlos gonzÁlez univisiÓn. >>> un veterano de guerra hispano, con muchas historias que contar y ejemplos que dar viajÓ de minnesota a washington para hablar en el congreso, acerca de una reforma migratoria. pero su fragil estado de salud, tiene 99 aÑos d

la decepcion de los niÑos, de tan solo 9 y 11 aÑos, el oficial y sus compaÑeros decidieron convertirse en santa clause uniformados... police 03.43 "the other officers on the shift, andd on the timing of the cirme, most of us have children and we can put ourselves in that place, so we decided to make a donation and smome small token for our appreciation.." dice que los policias que estaban de turno se sintieron mal que este crimen ocurrio en plena navidad, y como el y sus compaÑeros tienen hijos... sienten de primera mano el dolor... asi que decidieron hacer una pequeÑa donacion... pero no fue tan solo una pequeÑa donacion... estos heroes les devolvieron el espiritu de la navidad armida torres/madre 03.30 "hicieron q mis hijos esten felices otra vez y no tengo palabras para decirles lo agradecida que estoy" ==outro== hasta ahora no han habido arrestos por este incidente, y se cree que una serie de robos que ocurrieron en newark el lunes pueden estar relacionados.. . asi que si usted tiene cualquier informacion que pueda ayudar a las autoridades comuniquese con ellos, de forma anonima.. al 510-578-4237 desde la sala de red. ab . cesar ---en trminos de ventas, esta tem

. >> when we have the el nino neutral conditions, you'll get the strong dips in the jet-stream pattern andose dips they get cold air and in the hills the warm air. and the jet stream is the governing function of the weather in the wintertime. >> reporter: case in point, denver, colorado. in a matter of ten days, the mile high city went from negative temperatures to a balmy 70 degrees when it should be hovering around 40. we're talking about 30 degrees above normal. and in the big "d" an ice storm earlier this month took dallas from a high of 79 degrees to freezing in three days. and in philadelphia, december 8th winter storm dropped more snow in one day than the city received all year last year. >> it just illustrates that there's going to be quite a bit of vair ability this season because we don't have a strong sort of leaning towards one side or the other in terms of the scale. so, we will see an occasional storm. i think we have seen above-normal snowstorm activity for this time of the season. it's still interesting that we see the chance for tornadoes this weekend here in the united st

. >> when we have the el nino-neutral conditions, the jet stream patterns, we get the strong dips in the jet stream patterns, ande going to have warm air. and so, generally the jet stream pattern is the governing force and function of the weather in the wintertime. >> reporter: case in point -- denver, colorado. in a matter of 10 days, the mile high city went from negative temperatures to a near balm may 70 degrees. the time of year when it should be hovering around 40. we're talking about 30 degrees above normal. and in the big "d," an ice storm earlier this month took dallas from a high of 79 degrees to freezing in three days. and in philadelphia, december 8th winter storm, dropped more snow in one day than the city received all year last year. so we will see an occasional storm. i think we have seen above-normal snowstorm activity for this time of the season. it's still interesting that we see the chance for tornadoes this weekend here in the united states, but indeed, this has been a year of extremes. >> and we also talked about something called the arctic oscillation, another tool that meteorologists use to

el nuevo dollar menu and more. ♪ ♪. >>> el presidente de los estados unidos barack obama está alentando a los estadounidenses contagiarse con el espíritu navideño y pidió trabajar en comedores sociales, comprando regalos para niñosodo un arte, me despido por hoy y aprovecho para saludar porque lo prmoetí al primo guillermo y su esposa por pasar navidad y tuvimos una cena maravillosa, les deseo una muy feliz navidad y sgeuimos con más de despierta américa . >>> esta mañana seguramente muchos pequeñines están abriendo los regalos de navidad, pero para santa completar la lista es larga y mortificar a los padres . >>> nos sentimos tristes, frustrados,pero tratamos de conseguir algo parecido . >>> tratar de coinciliar con ellos para ver si esposible que recapaciten en lo que pidieron para complacerlos . >>> tienes que aventarte las mentiras, que hubo una producción y no alcanaste y tratar de conseguir un regalo mejor . >>> le compran lo más parecido a lo que quiere el niño, ¿no? o le compran algo que esté a su alcance, al alcance de su presupuesto . >>> como ven muchos padres se ven entre la espada y la pared ante esta situación, janeth nos dará alternativas, muy buenos días, feliz navidad, gracias por estar aquí, yo

and johnson. >>> les gustaría ser la familia de hoy. >>> sí, claro, nosotros podemos decir y los niños que también digan que somos escogidos por el amore hoy, de ayer y las futuras, no hay nada mejor que la familia, aunque nos agarremos el pelo, después nos abrazamos. >>> para ver más capítulos en exclusiva, entre a despiertaamerica.com. >>> vamos a la fiesta tuitera con karla. >>> eso, a celebrar tu fiesta desde ahorita (timbre). >>> ya llegaron los invitados, espéreme, damos la vuelta, quién llegó, ay ,nuestra amiga de la casa, giselle blondet. >>> hola. >>> pero tú ya eres parte, pero cómo se te ocurre tocar la puerta mi reina, si tienes llave para entrar. >>> es que la dejé en casa, cómo están. >>> bien. >>> hermosa y veoq brillas, tienes muchos planes. >>> muchos planes y de hecho muchas gracias por los regalos que me dejaron aquí, estoy muy agradecida. >>> verdad. >>> cuéntame porque estamos por cerrar el 2013, empezar el año con cosas muy buenas. >>>ssí, es un año muy bonito para nosotros, estoy muy agradecida por las cosas que he hecho, pero ahora vengo haciendo realidad sueños que pertenecieron a mi madre y ella me apoya más

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